English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-clever.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�v�(r)|-�v�(r)
Adjective
en-adj|cleverer|cleverest|more
- mentally sharp or bright, witty; possessing quick or able intelligence
- nimble with hands or body
#* Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds.--Macaulay.
#* Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.--C. Kingsley.
- superficially skillful, resourceful
- showing inventiveness or originality
- (Australian Aboriginal) possessing magical abilities
#*1904, Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Vol. XXXVIII
#*:When a clever man is out hunting ... he ... talks to the footprints all the time for the purpose of injecting magic into the animal which made them.
#*1947, Oceania, Vol. XVII
#*:The two women, who were �clever�, and possessed a certain amount of magical �power�, ...
#*1991, John & Sue Erbacher, Aborigines of the Rainforest
#*:Fred is the clever fellow or tribal doctor who practises with the Kuku-Yalanji people. The tribal doctor�s work includes curing sickness, finding out the causes of death, predicting the future and making and stopping rain.
Synonyms
adroit
cunning
ingenious
talented
Antonyms
clumsy
dull
ineffectual
stupid
Derived terms
cleverly
cleverness
Translations
Chinese: �� (c�ngming)
Danish: klog
Finnish: nokkela (1,2), terävä (1), sukkela (2,3)
German: schlau
Hebrew: פ�ק� (piqe'akh) m, פ�ק��ת (piqkhyt) f
Indonesian: pintar
mid
Italian: intelligente (1)
Romanian: descurc�reţ
Russian: �мн�й
Spanish: listo m, lista f
Swedish: smart#Swedish|smart
Category:English adjectives
de:clever
fa:clever
fr:clever
hy:clever
io:clever
id:clever
it:clever
hu:clever
ja:clever
ru:clever
sr:clever
fi:clever
ta:clever
te:clever
vi:clever
zh:clever
| 